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Masaharu Takenaka

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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 24, 2019
The wisdom of stock index funds
Share price index-linked products are generally good long-term investment tools.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 28, 2019
The ratio of regular workers is on the rise
What’s needed is not just measures for the unemployed, but re-training and re-educating all layers of the workforce so they can actively adapt to the changes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2019
Excessive concern over public pension
Reform of the Japanese public pension system in accordance with the nation’s aging population is becoming increasingly unavoidable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 2, 2019
The mystery of low inflation despite huge debt
What is the condition that makes it possible for Japan to sustain budget deficits over a long period of time?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2019
The problem of investing pension funds in JGBs
It is premature to think that a decline in the public pension benefits is inevitable given to the aging of the population and the low birthrate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 24, 2019
Gap between economic data and sense of recovery
The Japanese people’s tendency to still lean toward pessimism over the state of the economy may be attributable to their cultural traits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 23, 2019
The forces fueling the yen’s rises and falls
Why does a stock market fall in Japan lead to a stronger yen, while a surge in share prices has the opposite effect?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2018
Why is the center-left receding worldwide?
Parties on both the left and right in developing countries have entered into a chaotic age.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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